Intelligent transportation systems

Japan(Asia and Pacific)Singapore(Asia and Pacific)South Korea(Asia and Pacific)

Language

English

File Type

Link

Subject

Territorial Development < Transport/Logistics

Holding

ITIF

Abstract

Information technology (IT) has transformed many industries, from education to health care to government, and is now in the early stages of transforming transportation systems. While many think improving a country’s transportation system solely means building new roads or repairing aging infrastructures, the future of transportation lies not only in concrete and steel, but also increasingly in using IT. IT enables elements within the transportation system—vehicles, roads, traffic lights, message signs, etc.—to become intelligent by embedding them with microchips and sensors and empowering them to communicate with each other through wireless technologies. (The rest omitted)